The Swiss government said Monday it has identified potential assets to be frozen worth 830 million Swiss francs ($957 million) belonging to Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi and the ousted presidents of Egypt and Tunisia.
Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, speaking at a diplomatic meeting in the Tunisian capital Tunis, said those include 360 million Swiss francs ($415 million) that may belong to Gaddafi or his entourage.
She said Switzerland had also linked some 410 million ($473 million) francs to former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and 60 million ($69 million) francs to Tunisia's deposed autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Switzerland has ordered banks and other financial institutions to freeze possible assets belonging to the three men and their key supporters to prevent the funds from being secretly withdrawn. The Swiss government has said that Tunisia and Egypt have already started legal proceedings to claim the assets.
AP
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